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OS7000 Zeutschel, 400 dpi, 8 bit, 15,240,792 bytes62d Congress, 3d Session, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Document No. 1013 LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. TRANSMITTING, PURSUANT TO LAW, RESULT OF INVESTIGATION OF CONDITIONS ON SAN CARLOS INDIAN RESERVATION, WITH VIEW TO CONSTRUCTING BRIDGES FOR THE USE OF THE INDIANS ACROSS SAN CARLOS CREEK AND GILA RIVER, IN THE VICINITY OF SAN CARLOS.--DECEMBER 4, 1912.--Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.--Department of the Interior Washington, December 2, 1912. The SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. SIR: The Indian appropriation act for the current fiscal year approved August 24, 1912 (Public, No. 335) contains the following item: To enable the Secretary of the Interior to make an investigation of the conditions on the White Mountain or San Carlos Indian Reservation in Arizona, with respect to the necessity of constructing, for the use of the Indians, suitable bridges across the San Carlos Creek and the Gila River, in the vicinity of San Carlos, on said reservation, one thousand dollars, and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to cause surveys, plans, and reports to be made, together with an estimated limit of cost of construction of said bridges, at such sites as he may select, and submit his report thereon to Congress on the first Monday in December, nineteen hundred and twelve. The San Carlos Indian Agency is located approximately 1¼ miles west of the confluence of the San Carlos and Gila Rivers. There are approximately 500 Indians living east of San Carlos who must cross both rivers to reach the agency. The Bylas farming district is located on the south side of the Gila River and east of the proposed bridge site. It is estimated that 4,000 acres of land are available for the use of the Indians of this district, and ditches are now constructed to irrigate about 1,400 acres. Seven hundred and fifty acres will be under cultivation this year. This land is divided up int